June 2021
Termination of the Revised ROK Missile Guidelines: Assessment of China's and DPRK's Reactions by Tianran Xu
During the State visit of the President of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Moon Jae-in to Washington, D.C. in May 2021, the United States agreed to terminate the 1979 Missile Guidelines.
April 2021
Japan's Stand-Off Weapon Programmes: New Counterforce Strike Capabilities? by Katsuhisa Furukawa
Since 2018, Japan has advanced its stand-off weapons programmes. It is currently planning to introduce the Norway-sourced Joint Strike Missile and undertaking research and development and/or deployment of at least six types of indigenous stand-off weapons.
February 2021
The 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (1) by Katsuhisa Furukawa
The 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was held in Pyongyang from 5 to 12 January 2021. This paper provides an overview of the decisions taken during the 8th Congress and analyses the directions of the country's economic, national defence and external policies, including its nuclear weapons programme.
February 2021
The 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (2) by Jaewoo Shin
The 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was held in Pyongyang from 5 to 12 January 2021. This paper provides an overview of the structural and personnel changes that resulted from the 8th Congress and analyses their implications for the leadership’s governance style in the coming years.
January 2021
Highlights of the DPRK Military Parade on 14 January 2021 by Tianran Xu
On Thursday, January 14, 2021, Pyongyang hosted a military parade marking the end of the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea. Unlike the October 10, 2020 parade, it was scaled down and excluded Hwasong series missiles. However, two new missiles were unveiled, detailed in this article.
December 2020
Let's Talk Turkey: Debating the Deployment of US Nuclear Weapons in Turkey by Matthew Frank
The early morning of May 27, 1960 marked a major turning point in Turkish civil-military relations, as well as the country's history in general. Around 3 a.m., two relatively small groups of junior officers, one in Istanbul and one in Ankara began taking over key government offices and communications hubs, arresting senior government and military officials loyal to the incumbent Democratic Party (DP) government.
November 2020
An Open Question: the Future of the Open Skies Treaty after American Withdrawal by Matthew Frank
On 22 May 2020, the United States formally submitted notice that it would withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty, beginning a six-month countdown that will finally end on 22 November 2020 with the US exiting the agreement.
October 2020
It's Time to Talk about American Election Violence by Clayton Besaw
Election violence has grown globally; the potential for election violence in the United States needs to be acknowledged. The insidiousness of election violence, and political violence more broadly, is the ease with which we can accept its normalization.
October 2020
Analysis of Kim Jong Un's Speech on the 75th Anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea by Veronika Bedenko, Clayton Besaw, Jaewoo Shin
2020 marks the year when the DPRK celebrates the 75th anniversary of the foundation of the WPK. This jubilee year coincided with the global COVID-19 pandemic and associated border closings, a decline in the DPRK economy due to sanctions and torrential floods and typhoons in the late summer. During the parade held as part of the celebration of the anniversary, Kim Jong Un addressed the audience in a particularly emotional speech.
October 2020
North Korea's New ICBM and Transport Truck by Melissa Hanham, Matthew Frank, Tianran Xu, Katsuhisa Furukawa
North Korea's military parade in honour of the anniversary of the founding of the Worker' Party of Korea (WPK) is a regular event held every 5 years. The parade held on 10 October 2020 does not indicate increased risk or conflict.
